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    Course Qualification Duration
    Marine habitat as a Nature-Based Solution in Belfast Harbour: developing Native Oyster restoration in modified water bodies. PHD Full-time: 4 Years
    Evaluation of natural plant based botanicals as alternative to therapeutic antibiotics PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Antibacterial activity and mode of action of phytochemicals against resistant bacteria of health and economic importance PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    NILAB: EVOLVE-AI: Evolutionary-Informed Deep Learning for Deciphering and Modifying Cell-Cell Communication During Infection, Inflammation, and Cancer PHD Full-time: 4 years
    The extinction of the sexier? A global investigation of the role of sexual selection in modern amphibian declines PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Emerging Challenges of Novel Food: Solutions for a New Era PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Post-weaning dispersal behaviour, growth and survival of male fallow deer fawns PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    The genetic and/or epigenetic nature of antifungal drug tolerance in Candida glabrata PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Physiological responses to anthropogenic noise PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    Understanding and predicting the success of alien freshwater fish PHD Full-time: 3 years
    The evolution of vertebrate parental care diversity PHD Full-time: 3 years
    The evolution of placental diversity: between cooperation and conflict PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Understanding the ecology and coevolution of aphids and parasitoids to improve natural biocontrol measures in field crops PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Drivers and Conservation implications of the global pet trade PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    Investigating the nature and implications of archaea-bacteria interactions PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Explore novel feeding strategies to reduce ammonia emissions from ruminants and improve their productivity PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Investigate the nutritional potential, for ruminants, of different by-products as an alternative feed supplement for incorporation into animal feed PHD Full-time: 3 years
    The role of the histone lysine demethylase KDM4A in post-stress recovery and its utility as a target in breast and prostate cancer PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Development of novel approaches to study changes in chromatin structure and investigation of the role of rDNA chromatin in malignant transformation PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Investigation of the mechanism of accrued resistance to Pol I inhibitors in blood cancers PHD Full-time: 3 years
    How the interactome defines the biological activity of members of the KDM4A subfamily of histone demethylases. PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    NILAB: Development of an AI-Integrated electrochemical-plasmonic biosensor for detecting AMR metabolic signatures PHD Full-time: 4 years
    Alternative therapies for treating drug resistant fungal infections PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Phylogenomic history, systematic status and conservation assessment of the endemic Irish hare PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    Distribution, range and ecological impacts of non-native small mammals PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    Rapid Evaluation of Quality Variations and Methane Emissions in Irish Beef Using Omics Technologies Across Diverse Production Systems PHD Full-time: 4 years
    Greening cities: biodiversity and ecosystem services associated with street trees, from ecology to planning PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Cardiovascular Metabolic Remodelling Induced by Odd-Chain Fatty Acids: Implication in the Therapeutic Strategy of Cardiovascular Disease(CVD) PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    Understanding management efficacy towards biological invasions PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    Uncovering the Hidden Human Milk Microbiome PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Bridging the gap between bioinformatics and chemometrics to elevate food and drug analysis PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Olive Oil: New Analytical Methods for Quality & Authenticity PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Cold plasma treatments to improve properties of biopolymer films from agricultural process by-products PHD Full-time: 3 years
    NILAB: Diets to Optimise Individual and Planetary Health – A Machine Learning Approach (DIPH-ML) PHD Full-time: 4 years
    Diet in the prevention of chronic diseases: Really so important or overrated? PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Polyphenol exposure and cardiometabolic outcomes among breast cancer survivors – a prospective biomarker study. PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Optimising behaviour change initiatives for food waste prevention PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Valuing ecosystem services PHD Full-time: 3 years
    The monetary value of environmental goods and services PHD Full-time: 3 years
    The biogeochemical cycling of arsenic in natural systems PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Identification of Neuropeptide-gated Ion Channels in Nematode Parasites PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    Rewiring of host cell protein complexes by pathogen effectors - mass spectrometry-based methods and applications in infection biology PHD Full-time: 3 years
    The effects of gut microbiome metabolites in modulating enteroendocrine cell function and gut hormone secretion PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Gene mining useful biocatalysts from paleosols PHD Full-time: 3 years
    The microbial ecology of ancient alpine soils PHD Full-time: 3 years
    NILAB: Integrating AI and Taxonomy-Free Classification for Enhanced Microbiome Analysis of One Health Environments PHD Full-time: 4 years
    Evaluation of cereals and protein crops for mono and intercropping and their impact on land PHD Full-time: 4 years
    Threats to One Health from global spread of cardiopulmonary nematodes under climate change PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    Parasite environmental DNA as a novel biomarker to improve agriculture PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Wastewater monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 and other microbial pathogens PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Development of novel binders for biosensor and nanoarrays for one health diagnostics PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Development of a food allergen bionanosensor - a citizen science approach PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Development of rapid tests for plant toxins PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    Multi-omics approach to predict economically important health and production traits in livestock PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Improving nutrient utilisation, animal health, and food production efficiency via dietary directed modulation of the intestinal barrier PHD Full-time: 3 Years
    Making the most of product code pattern recognition for food fraud prevention PHD Full-time: 4 years
    Genome scale evolution of biofilm contained Klebsiella pneumoniae in response to sub-lethal antibacterial stress exposure - development of novel biomarkers for near-patient testing PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Vibrio species in Irish waters PHD Full-time: 3 years
    A study of the emergence of Clostridium difficile from across the farm-to-fork continuum PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Phenotypic & molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) markers; dissemination mechanisms of AMR in bacteria of food-animal origin; whole genome & plasmid sequencing; bioinformatics PHD Full-time: 3 years
    A study of the transcriptomic responses elicited by Salmonella to humectants used in food production - do bacteria have a memory? PHD Full-time: 3 yeas
    Increasing culture biodiversity and eco-evolutionary understanding of novel bacterial isolates using culturonmics and computational tools PHD Full-time: 3 years
    Improving sustainable livestock production PHD Full-time: 4 years
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